Duke basketball announces coaching change on Jon Scheyer’s staff

Zain Bando

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The Duke basketball program is attempting to reload for future NCAA Tournament success. In doing so, it added the latest piece to its staff with the hiring of Evan Bradds as an assistant coach.

After an extensive college career, Bradds spent two stints in the NBA between 2018-2022 as a Video Analyst and Player Enhancement coach for the Boston Celtics before spending the last three seasons with the Utah Jazz as an assistant coach focused on player development.

 

Now with the Blue Devils, Bradds said in a statement that he is excited to get to work and learn under coach Jon Scheyer's wing at a premier institution.

"I am honored to be joining the Duke Basketball program and want to express my immense gratitude to Coach Scheyer for this opportunity," Bradds said. "I am looking forward to working alongside Coach Scheyer and the Duke team to help continue the long-standing tradition that is Duke Basketball."

Scheyer spoke highly of Bradds' accomplishments, emphasizing the need for growth in helping transition to the next level with a deep understanding of the NBA's culture after having experienced it across two franchises already.

"Evan brings an unbelievable basketball mind, NBA player development experience and a unique ability to build meaningful relationships with players—something that's core to our culture," Scheyer said. "His experience, vision and forward-thinking approach will help keep Duke at the forefront of college basketball. We're excited for what's ahead."

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The Blue Devils are fresh off a Final Four appearance, as their season ended in dramatic, come-from-behind fashion, 70-67, at the expense of the Houston Cougars.

The Blue Devils finished the season 35-4 overall, as they were led by forward Cooper Flagg, who is expected to go No. 1 overall at the NBA Draft on Wednesday, June 25.

Scheyer will enter his fourth season in Durham this fall in an attempt to finish the story, but only time will tell.

Zain Bando

Zain Bando is a freelance writer for The Sporting News. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. Over the years, Bando has written about various beats surrounding Illinois, Northwestern, and Kansas State Athletics but sticks to the Big Ten as his primary expertise. Outside of collegiate reporting, Bando covers MMA and boxing for MMA Knockout On Sports Illustrated and hosts/co-hosts two podcasts as part of the Empty The Bench Podcast Network – Bando's Breakdowns and The MMA Outsiders, which air weekly on YouTube and are distributed on all podcast platforms Tuesday nights and Wednesday afternoons. Bando is a Chicago Suburban native and a member of the FWAA and USBWA, continuing to hone his professional skills as a sports journalist and media personality. Since June 2019, Bando's byline has been seen across many mediums, including MSN, Yardbarker, Deadspin, FanSided, BJPenn.com, Bridge Media Network (Sports News Highlights), Mike Farrell Sports, Reuters, and more. When Bando is not writing, he binges on old UFC fights, spends time with family and friends, memorizes every Super Bowl, and manifests all the places he still has to travel to (even while bringing his laptop).